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Tell Us About Your All-America City

We would like to get some public participation going on this blog. Tell us something about an All-America City you know and love. It could be your hometown or a...

Statesville’s Q & A

In the last post we gave an example of a community (Somerville, Mass.) giving a ten-minute presentation at the 2009 All-America City event in Tampa. Here is an example of...

Somerville’s 2009 AAC Presentation

If you have never been to the All-America City Award, you may not know what to expect. So keep reading this blog. Here’s a video of a presentation from from...

Enter the All-America Stories multimedia contest!

The National Civic League is offering communities a new opportunity this year. We are holding our first “All-America Stories” competition. This multimedia award is separate from the annual All-America City...

2010 Project Count

I’ve been sifting through the All-America City projects for the 2010 finalists. Here’s what I’ve come up with: The big winner was projects that improve recreation opportunities for community members....

Statesville, North Carolina is a 2009 All-America City. Read about their award winning community projects here.

AAC through the years

In 1949, a reporter named Jean James was assigned to cover the then National Municipal League’s National Conference on Government in St. Paul, Minnesota. James approached league officers, including pollster...

What’s the problem?

One of the most interesting things about the All-America City Awards is the way applicants for the award define the challenges their communities face. Doing so is part of the...

What is the All-America City Award?